About The Program
Experience Oxford's distinctive tutorial system during this summer program at Lady Margaret Hall. In this personalized teaching model, you'll meet one-on-one or in small groups with your tutor, engaging in in-depth discussions of your work and ideas. This discussion-based approach emphasizes independent thinking and scholarly debate rather than traditional lectures. Choose from course clusters in artificial intelligence, philosophy-politics-economics, law and museum studies, British literature, psychology, and social sciences, studying these topics through an interdisciplinary lens. Beyond academics, the program includes cultural excursions to London and Bath, allowing you to explore Britain's historical sites and modern culture. Students live on campus, dine in the traditional college hall, and actively become part of Oxford's centuries-old academic community.
WHERE YOU'LL STUDY
Lady Margaret Hall, a college of the University of Oxford, made history as the first Oxford college to admit women. Located in a peaceful area of north Oxford, the college grounds feature gardens leading down to the River Cherwell. Students take classes in Victorian Gothic buildings with wood-paneled seminar rooms, arched windows, and original architectural details. The Deneke building, with its distinctive red brick facade, houses many tutorial rooms, while the Talbot Hall serves as the main dining space. The traditional Oxford college lifestyle centers around daily formal meals in the dining hall, where students and tutors gather at long tables beneath hammer-beam ceilings. College life includes afternoon tea in the common rooms, study sessions in the octagonal library, and conversations in the college gardens. Students have access to college facilities including study rooms, computer facilities, and the Victorian chapel, which is now also used as a lecture space. LMH's location offers the best of both worlds - a serene study environment just a short walk from Oxford's city center, with its museums, libraries, cafes, and shops. This setting allows you to focus on academics while easily accessing Oxford's scholarly and cultural offerings. The college's smaller size fosters close connections among students and faculty, while still providing access to the broader University of Oxford's academic resources.
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